Gaza Strip

What did we expect? It is amazing that Israel has created a ghetto in Gaza not dissimilar to the Warsaw Ghetto that confined Jews during the Holocaust. Have they not learned from their own history? How do they expect the Palestinians to react? Meanwhile, Americans are shocked when American-made weapons lob American-made shells into sites housing Palestinian children. What did we expect those weapons to be used for? As the world's leading arms merchant, are we not being a bit disingenuous? William Toy Carpenter Toano This November we will have an important choice in Virginia's 4th Congressional District between Elliott Fausz and the incumbent, Rep. Randy Forbes. Mr. Fausz...

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